Schmincke Horadam Aquarell Watercolour 15ml Retro Colour Cochineal Red Limited Edition

This historical special colour is exclusively produced for Schmincke's Retro Line. The original Cochineal Red is a transparent, deep red obtained from cochineal scale insects and was once an important colour for water- colour paintings.

The Horadam Aquarell Watercolour range from Schmincke is an impressive range that doesn't compromise in quality.  The professional range features 110 colours with 68 produced from one pigment only, producing the very cleanest of mixes, colour clarity and brilliance.  The colours feature a Kodorfan Gum Arabic binder which is from the Southern Sahara and is unique to this range from Schmincke.  The Horadam Aquarell Watercolours are tested to comply with the highest quality standards when it comes to stability, fineness, re-solublility, permanence and lightfastness, everything you'd expect from one of the leading brands in colour making.  

• The professional range features 139 colours with 92 produced from one pigment only, producing the very cleanest of mixes, colour clarity and brilliance.
• The colours feature a Kodorfan Gum Arabic binder which is from the Southern Sahara and is unique to this range from Schmincke.
• The Horadam Aquarell Watercolours are tested to comply with the highest quality standards when it comes to stability, fineness, re-solublility, permanence and lightfastness, everything you’d expect from one of the leading brands in colour making.
• This colour is limited edition.